Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 P.S. § 521.5; facility licensure (DOH nursing facilities; DHS personal care homes, assisted living, ICFs)

Issued

2020-06-08 June 8, 2020

Effective

2020-06-08; 2020-06-26 (read as 2020-06-08)

End

Baseline deadlines July 24 and Aug. 31, 2020; follow-up testing under DOH/DHS guidance into 2021 (read as 2020-08-31)

In force

June 8, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• nursing care facilities; personal care homes; assisted living residences; ICFs; their staff

Functions reached

• RS residential care
• IC staff testing
• HR staffing

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

(DHS 'Requirements for LTCF Testing', quoting the June 26, 2020 order:) Per the Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities, issued June 26, 2020, Personal Care Homes (PCHs), Assisted Living Residences (ALRs), and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) are required to complete a baseline universal test for SARS-CoV-2... of all residents and staff no later than August 31, 2020.

Enforcement

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